Crypto Market Pulse 👀
The U.S. stock market just had its worst trading day in four years, with the S&P 500 plunging -4.02% following Trump’s tariff announcements. To put this in perspective, there have been only five worse trading days in the 2020s:
🗓️ March 16, 2020: -11.98%
🗓️ March 12, 2020: -9.51%
🗓️ March 9, 2020: -7.60%
🗓️ June 11, 2020: -5.89%
🗓️ September 13, 2022: -4.32%
Trump addressed the market turmoil directly, saying👇
“It’s what is expected. The patient was very sick.”
“The economy had a lot of problems... It was a sick patient. It went through an operation.”
“The operation is over. And now we let it settle in.”
In short, he believes the worst is behind us, but markets are still adjusting to policy shifts🤔
Despite the market carnage, Bitcoin remains above $83K, still well above its $77K local bottom from three weeks ago. More impressively, this was crypto’s best-ever performance relative to the S&P 500 on a red day. While stock indices hit 7-month lows, Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies showed resilience, demonstrating their ability to act as an alternative asset class during macroeconomic stress💪
Meanwhile, Strategy’s Michael Saylor is now publicly urging GameStop’s CEO to buy Bitcoin as part of its corporate treasury strategy during this dip👀